QPL's Hispanic Heritage Month 2024 logo, a sunburst that incorporates the flags of several Hispanic countries and the slogans "Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together" and "Pioneros del Cambio: Formando un Futuro Juntos."

Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) celebrates the achievements of Hispanic Americans and their contributions to our nation and our culture.

Our theme “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together” embodies the essence of the Hispanic journey and pays tribute to the pioneering spirit of Hispanics and Latinos who have paved the way for future generations.

Explore our virtual and in-person programs, discover our special Hispanic Heritage booklists for all ages, check out our movie recommendations, download our informative Hispanic Heritage brochure, and don’t miss our Tapiz Cultural Art Exhibit at Central Library!

 

Hispanic Heritage Month Brochure

Tapiz Cultural Art Exhibit

Hispanic Heritage Month: Movie Lists

Hispanic Heritage Month: Programs

Hispanic Heritage Month: Adult Books

Hispanic Heritage Month: Young Adult Books

Hispanic Heritage Month: Children's Books

 

Hispanic Heritage Month Brochure

Our special Hispanic Heritage Month Brochure contains many interesting facts about Hispanic countries from around the world!

Pick up a copy soon at your local QPL branch, or download a digital copy now!

 

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Tapiz Cultural Art Exhibit

Three pieces of artwork that will appear in QPL's 2024 Tapiz Cultural Art Exhibit.

This vibrant art exhibition will showcase diverse, original artwork created by the Queens community. Our exhibit, centered around the theme “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together,” features pieces that beautifully capture memories, experiences, family histories, and personal stories.

Join us at Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica, from Thursday, September 5 through Tuesday, October 8!

 

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Movie Lists

Here are some great movie picks in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month!

Check out our lists, and then borrow the DVDs from the Library!

Hispanic Heritage Movies Part 1

Hispanic Heritage Movies Part 2

 

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Hispanic Heritage Month Programs

We have nearly 100 wonderful virtual and in-person programs planned for this year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, including concerts, book talks, art classes, panel discussions, storytimes, and so much more!

Here’s a selection of our programs. Click the title of each program to learn more about it, and visit our online QPL Calendar to see the full list!

 

Intro to Salsa Dance Workshop for Adults (In-Person)
Thursdays, September 12, 19, 26, 6:30pm

Hollis Library, 202-05 Hillside Avenue
Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, 6:30pm
Rochdale Village Library, 169-09 137 Avenue
Saturdays, October 5, 12, 19, 3pm
Bayside Library, 214-20 Northern Boulevard

Costa Rican Rainforest Macaw Craft for Early Learners (In-Person)
Friday, September 13, 11am

Astoria Library, 14-01 Astoria Boulevard

Hispanic Heritage Month Festival (In-Person)
Saturday, September 14, 11am

Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona

STEM Club for Kids: Celebrating with Costa Rican Crafts (In-Person)
Saturday, September 14, 2:30pm

Queensbridge Tech Lab, 10-43 41 Avenue, Long Island City

Pioneering Hispanic Accomplishments (Virtual)
Tuesday, September 17, 6pm

Join us on Facebook and YouTube

Hispanic Heritage: Toddler Time (In-Person)
Wednesdays, September 18 and October 2, 10:30am

Auburndale Library, 25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing

Read-Aloud with Local Children's Author Nathalie Alonso (In-Person)
Wednesday, September 18, 3:30pm

Woodside Library, 54-22 Skillman Avenue

Voices of Latin Music by Irene Failenbogen (In-Person and Virtual)
Wednesday, September 18, 6pm

Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street
or join us on Zoom
Meeting ID: 837 1422 4225
Passcode: 0918

How to Make Latin Dishes with Tarsis Payano (Virtual)
Wednesdays, September 18-October 9, 6pm

Join us on Zoom

Culture Connection: Hispanic Heritage with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Tania León (Virtual)
Wednesday, September 18, 6pm

Join us on Facebook and YouTube

Soprano Celia Castro Celebrates Hispanic Heritage! (In-Person)
Friday, September 20, 2pm

Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica

Wepa! Latin Dance For Kids with Urban Stages (In-Person)
Friday, September 20, 3pm

Sunnyside Library, 43-06 Greenpoint Avenue, Long Island City

Celebrate with Mariachi Tapatío de Álvaro Paulino (In-Person)
Saturday, September 21, 1pm

Elmhurst Library, 86-07 Broadway

Celebrate with David Cedeño and his Orchestra (In-Person)
Saturday, September 21, 2pm

Jackson Heights Library, 35-51 81 Street

Superstar Latinas in STEM (Virtual)
Tuesday, September 24, 6pm

Join us on Zoom
Meeting ID: 897 8004 7455
Passcode: 817980

Author Talk with Felipe Luciano (In-Person)
Thursday, September 26, 6pm

Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica

Piñata Workshop for Families (In-Person)
Saturday, September 28, 2pm

Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Avenue
Saturday, October 12, 11am
Douglaston/Little Neck Library, 249-01 Northern Boulevard, Little Neck
Saturday, October 12, 2:30pm
Peninsula Library, 92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Beach

Mexican Bark Painting (In-Person)
Thursday, October 3, 3:30pm

Ridgewood Library, 20-12 Madison Street

Tapiz Cultural Artist Talk (In-Person)
Thursday, October 3, 5pm

Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica

Literary Thursdays: Melissa Rivero, Author of Flores and Miss Paula (Virtual)
Thursday, October 3, 6pm

Join us on Microsoft Teams

Hispanic Heritage Bingo (In-Person)
Friday, October 4, 3:30pm

North Forest Park Library, 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills

Latin American Cultural Milestones and Primacies (Program in Spanish) (Virtual)
Saturday, October 5, 2pm

Join us on Facebook and YouTube

Sunday Concerts at Central: William Cepeda's Afro-Rican Jazz (In-Person)
Sunday, October 6, 3pm

Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica

Hispanic Pioneers Bingo (In-Person)
Thursday, October 10, 3pm

Ozone Park Library, 92-24 Rockaway Boulevard

Literary Thursdays: Javier Fuentes, Author of Countries of Origin (Virtual)
Thursday, October 10, 6pm

Join us on Microsoft Teams

Latin Dance for Kids with Cucala Dance Company (In-Person)
Saturday, October 12, 3pm

Fresh Meadows, 193-20 Horace Harding Expressway

 

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Hispanic Heritage Month Booklists

 

The covers of the books The Wind Knows My Name, La cosecha del imperio, Solito, and Foodtropia.

Adult Books

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Book | eBook | Audiobook

When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Aleph by Paulo Coelho
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan González
Book | eBook | Libro

The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez
Book | Libro

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History by John Vasquez Mejias

Sacrificio by Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Book | eBook

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive
by Richard P. Montañez
Book | Libro

Love Poems by Pablo Neruda

Delirium by Laura Restrepo
Book | Libro

Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez

Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

 

Más libros en español para adultos

Disrupción: más allá de la innovación de Mario Borghino

Mis recetas de cocina anticáncer de Odile Fernández Martínez

Foodtropia: cómo comer rico y sano de Paola Freire

Los 7 pasos para el éxito en el amor de Dra. Isabel Gómez-Bassols

Emma y las otras señoras del narco de Anabel Hernández
Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

La casa del placer de Zoé Valdés

El fixer de Miguel Ángel Vega

La invasión del pueblo del espíritu de Juan Pablo Villalobos

 

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The covers of the books Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana, Frontera, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, and Y si lo logramos.

Young Adult Books

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Frontera by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo (Illus.)
Book | eBook

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila
Book | eBook | Libro

Más Freak de lo Normal (Libro) de Francisco Balbuena, Maximo Montero y Darwin Nuñez

¡Viva Lola Espinoza! by Ella Cerón
Book | Libro

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Book | eBook | Audiobook

Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Peña
Book | Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

Borderless by Jennifer De Leon
Book | eBook

Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny by Margarita Engle
Book | Libro

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira

No Filter and Other Lies by Crystal Maldonado
Book | eBook | Libro

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Book | eBook | Libro

Road Home by Rex Ogle

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Book | eBook | Audiobook

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

The Moonlit Vine by Elizabeth Santiago
Book | eBook

Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (Illus.)
Book | eBook

We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sánchez
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel by Elisabet Velasquez
Book | eBook | Libro

 

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The covers of the books Besos for Baby, Lucia the Luchadora, My Town Mi Pueblo, and Pasando paginas.

Children's Books

Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Book | eBook | Libro

Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses by Jen Arena and Blanca Gomez (Illus.)
Book | eBook

Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar
Book | Audiobook | Libro

Only for a Little While by Gabriela Orozco Belt and Richy Sánchez Ayala (Illus.)
Book | Libro | Audiolibro

Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez
Book | eBook

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
Book | eBook

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
Book | eBook | Audiobook

Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro | Libro electrónico

Stella Díaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Book | eBook

Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
Book | eBook | Libro | Libro electrónico

Lucía the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza and Alyssa Bermudez (Illus.)

The Coquíes Still Sing
by Karina Nicole González and Krystal Quiles (Illus.)
Book | Audiobook

The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America by Jaime Hernandez
Book | eBook

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Book | eBook | Audiobook

Definitely Dominguita: Knight of the Cape by Terry Catasús Jennings and Fatima Anaya (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Audiobook

Mexikid by Pedro Martín
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina
Book | Libro

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro

Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez and Jaime Kim (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro | Audiolibro

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Libro

Martina Has Too Many Tías by Emma Otheguy and Sara Palacios (Illus.)
Book | Libro

Coquí in the City by Nomar Perez
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos and Jacqueline Alcántara (Illus.)
Book | eBook

If Dominican Were a Color by Sili Recio and Brianna McCarthy (Illus.)

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Book | Audiobook | Libro | Audiolibro

Abuela’s Super Capa by by Ana Siqueira and Elisa Chavarri (Illus.)
Book | Libro | Audiolibro

Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor and Lulu Delacre (Illus.)
Book | Libro

Blancaflor, The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America by Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio Garcia Sanchez (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Libro

Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Greenfield Thong and John Parra (Illus.)
Book | eBook | Audiobook

 

Más libros en español para niños

Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El Rey del Futbol de Monica Brown y Rudy Gutierrez (Illus.)

Te quiero de Glòria Fort

Little Sunny Sunshine/Sol Solecito de Susie Jaramillo

Dream with the Latinitas/Sueña con las Latinitas de Juliet Menéndez

Plátanos Go With Everything/Los plátanos van con todo de Lissette Norman y Sara Palacios (Illus.)
Libro | Audiolibro

¡1, 2, 3 Merengue! English-Spanish Instruments & Sounds Book de Delia Ruiz
y Graziela Andrade (Illus.)

My Town/Mi Pueblo de Nicholas Solis y Luisa Uribe (Illus.)
Libro | Libro electrónico | Audiolibro

Abuelas: Cada una a su manera de Bea Taboada

 

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